Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
Geelong Cats vs. Adelaide Crows — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m.

Boxing
All Access: Mayweather-Berto: Episode 2 — Showtime, 10:35 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Soccer
Men’s
Maryland vs. UCLA — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.

Women’s
Oklahoma vs. Oral Roberts — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
BYU vs. Utah– BYUtv, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
VERT Challenge, Gregory Gymnasium, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Oregon vs. Florida — Longhorn Network, 4 p.m.
Texas vs. Nebraska — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 13: Calatayud to Tarazona — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Formula 1
Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Practice — NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Russian Open, Skolkovo Golf Club, Moscow, Russia
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
FedEx Cup Playoffs
Deutsche Bank Championships, TPC Boston, Norton, MA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

IndyCar
IndyCar Series Awards Banquet — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m. (delayed)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — FS2, 7 p.m.

MLB
American League
Baltimore at Toronto — MASN2/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Detroit — STO/Fox Sports Detroit, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New York Yankees — Sun Sports/YES, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston — MLB Network/Fox Sports North/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland — Root Sports Northwest/Comcast SportsNet California, 10 p.m.
Texas at Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
Arizona at Chicago Cubs — MLB Network/Fox Sports Arizona/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington — Fox Sports South/MASN, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Miami — SNY/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — MLB Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Philadelphia at Boston — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/NESN, 7 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, 10:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Southern 500, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
Practice — NBCSN, 11 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
VFW Sports Clips Help a Hero 200, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
Practice — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 3 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL Preseason HQ (series finale) — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

Soccer
FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying
CONCACAF
Grenada National Stadium, St. Georges, Grenada
Grenada vs. Haiti — beIN Sports, 4:05 p.m.

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao
Curaçao vs. El Salvador — beIN Sports, 6:50 p.m.

Kingston Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaica vs. Nicaragua — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

International Friendly, Estadio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal vs. France — beIN Sports, 2:30 p.m.

International Friendly, RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
United States vs. Peru — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7:24 p.m./FS1, 7:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 6:30 p.m.
U.S. National Team Pregame — FS1, 7 p.m.

International Friendly, Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
Mexico vs. Trinidad and Tobago — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9:54 p.m.

Fútbol Central — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers
Group D, Frankfurt Stadion, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Germany vs. Poland — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

Group E, Groupama Aréna, Budapest, Hungary
Hungary vs. Romania — FS2, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Pregame — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.
UEFA Euro 2016 Highlights — FS2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

The Express Preview — beIN Sports, 4 p.m.
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express — beIN Sports, 6:15 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 11 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), 9 a.m./NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. (joined in progress)
ESPN Radio With Ian Fitzsimmons & Freddie Coleman — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kannell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 9:30 p.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPNU, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN3/DirecTV, 11 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s 3rd Round — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the U.S. Open — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.
Primetime at the U.S. Open — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m. or at the conclusion of ESPN2’s coverage

Entertainment
Babies Behaving Badly (series premiere) — Discovery Family Channel, 8 p.m.
Science of Stupid: Nunchucks and Rollerblades — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Dredged Up: Payback — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Hannibal Rising — IFC, 8 p.m.
Apollo 13 — Sundance TV, 8 p.m.
Cold Justice: Justice Served (Los Angeles, CA) — TNT, 8 p.m.
The Bank Dick — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Babies Behaving Badly — Discovery Family Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Science of Stupid: Jet Skis and Pillow Fights — National Geographic Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Why We Do Stuff!: Strangers Beware! — Discovery Family Channel, 9 p.m.
Science of Stupid: Chest Bumps and Karate Kicks — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
American Masters: Althea — PBS, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Countdown to Gold — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ancient Aliens: Creatures of the Deep — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Death by Gossip With Wendy Williams: Killer Education (series premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Cold Justice: Sex Crimes: The Darkest Night (Lake Charles, LA) — TNT, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Monument: Stockholm Syndrome; Soviet Who Saved the World; Barbara Rose — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Why We Do Stuff!: Seeing is Believing! — Discovery Family Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Science of Stupid: Ping Pong and Leg Waxing — National Geographic Channel, 9:30 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 10 p.m.
Gone Girl — HBO2, 10 p.m.
Deadly Women: Payback — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Edge of Alaska: Dying Days of Winter — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
The Soup: The Soup Presents: The Comment Section: Brittany Furian — E!, 10:30 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Starz, 11:55 p.m.
Big Brother: After Dark — Pop TV, midnight
Hangout Music Fest 2015 — VH1 Classic, midnight

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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